Troy Calhoun
Followed Fisher DeBerry. Troy Calhoun moved Air Force from Regional Program I to National Program III in 20 seasons.
In his own words
Awaiting signal — no quotes collected from this staff yet this cycle.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 4th career season — faster than 19% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #505 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
20–17 against his rivals. Just 1–8 against Rocky Long.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
3rd-best Air Force tenure of 6 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Fisher DeBerry (1984–2006).
| Season | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 9–4 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 10–3 | 8–6 | 10–3 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 3–3 | 10–3 | 10–3 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W bowl | L bowl | W CFP | — | — | W bowl | — | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #111 | #122 | #114 | #109 | #121 | #107 | #107 | #89 | #112 | #103 | #136 | #129 | #136 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20.6 | 17.2 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 19.1 | 14.3 | 16.4 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 17.1 | 20.1 | 15.3 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | Mike Thiessen | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Steve Russ | Steve Russ | Steve Russ | Steve Russ | John Rudzinski | John Rudzinski | John Rudzinski | John Rudzinski | Brian Knorr | Brian Knorr | Brian Knorr | Brian Knorr | Steve Russ | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | 88 | 66 | 60 | 72 | 87 | 85 | 81 | 74 | 68 | 41 | 80 | 65 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | 25 | 57 | 13 | 36 | 70 | 68 | 48 | 85 | 62 | 36 | 0 | 89 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18.9 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 9.0 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 17.2 | 9.8 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.6 | 5.4 | 11.4 | 7.2 | 11.9 | 5.0 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 12.3 | 18.2 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42.0 | 40.6 | 22.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 45.5 | 23.1 | 50.0 | 35.3 | 38.9 | 44.4 | 62.8 | — | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
3 NFL Draft picks: Austin Cutting (2019), Jordan Jackson (2022), Trey Taylor (2024)
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Trey Taylor (2023)